Malegaon blast: ATS to quiz spiritual leader in Mumbai
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Lucknow, Nov 13, 2008: Spiritual leader Dayanand Pandey will be taken to Mumbai on Thursday for questioning, a day after he was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-terror Squad (ATS) from Kanpur’s Kakadev area in connection with the Malegaon blast case.The ATS team is also expected to visit Jammu to obtain crucial leads in the days to come.
However, Dayanand’s arrest has exposed that a nation-wide network was behind the low intensity blast in the small town of Malegaon.
However, Dayanand’s arrest could bust an allegedly nation-wide network that masterminded the low-intensity blast in the small town of Malegaon.
The ATS is believed to have garnered credible evidence to prove that Pandey was part of the conspiracy behind the blast that killed six people in September.
The ATS also alleged that Pandey had close contacts with Lieutenant Colonel Purohit, a serving Army officer who was arrested earlier in connection with the case.
Confirming the arrest, UP ADG, Law and Order Brijlal yesterday said, “The person is identified as Dayanand Pandey alias Amritanand, who hails from Uttar Pradesh and was residing in Ravatpur village in Kanpur."
Pandey, who heads Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu and resides in Trikuta Nagar there, was picked up at around 2.30 PM without "any resistance or law and order problem" from Ravatpur area where he was living for the past three to four days.
The suspect was rounded up after a two-member ATS team led by ACP Mohan Kulkarni arrived here late last night armed with a Nashik court order which charged Pandey under various sections of Explosives Act and IPC including for murder and attempt to murder for the Malegaon blast.
The ATS has so far arrested nine people including Lt Col Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, former Army officer Ramesh Upadhyay and Abhinav Bharat member Sameer Kulkarni in the Malegaon blast case.
In the court's order, Pandey is accused under Sections 16,18 and 23 of Prevention of Unlawful activities Act, Section 345 of Explosives Act and Sections 302, 307, 326, 324, 427, 153 A/ 120 B of IPC, he said.
In a bid to take Pandey to Mumbai, the ATS will be required to produce him before a UP court and secure a transit remand.
As words spread that Pandey reportedly had close connections with the Bajrang Dal, the outfit promptly denied it. Bajrang Dal national convenor Prakash Sharma said Pandey had "no links" with his organisation.
Investigators are already looking into the possibility of Purohit and others arrested in the Malegaon blast being involved in certain cases like the 2004 Jalna blast and 2006 Nanded blast in Maharashtra, ATS sources said.
The Aurangabad ATS has taken custody of Rakesh Dhawade, one among the nine arrested so far in the Malegaon case, to probe his alleged involvement in the Jalna and Nanded blasts.
Police have also taken court permission for conducting brain mapping, polygraph and narco-analysis tests on Sudhakar Chaturvedi, a suspected activist of Abhinav Bharat, to ascertain whether he had any links with Purohit or any of the other accused.
(Zeenews)
However, Dayanand’s arrest has exposed that a nation-wide network was behind the low intensity blast in the small town of Malegaon.
However, Dayanand’s arrest could bust an allegedly nation-wide network that masterminded the low-intensity blast in the small town of Malegaon.
The ATS is believed to have garnered credible evidence to prove that Pandey was part of the conspiracy behind the blast that killed six people in September.
The ATS also alleged that Pandey had close contacts with Lieutenant Colonel Purohit, a serving Army officer who was arrested earlier in connection with the case.
Confirming the arrest, UP ADG, Law and Order Brijlal yesterday said, “The person is identified as Dayanand Pandey alias Amritanand, who hails from Uttar Pradesh and was residing in Ravatpur village in Kanpur."
Pandey, who heads Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu and resides in Trikuta Nagar there, was picked up at around 2.30 PM without "any resistance or law and order problem" from Ravatpur area where he was living for the past three to four days.
The suspect was rounded up after a two-member ATS team led by ACP Mohan Kulkarni arrived here late last night armed with a Nashik court order which charged Pandey under various sections of Explosives Act and IPC including for murder and attempt to murder for the Malegaon blast.
The ATS has so far arrested nine people including Lt Col Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, former Army officer Ramesh Upadhyay and Abhinav Bharat member Sameer Kulkarni in the Malegaon blast case.
In the court's order, Pandey is accused under Sections 16,18 and 23 of Prevention of Unlawful activities Act, Section 345 of Explosives Act and Sections 302, 307, 326, 324, 427, 153 A/ 120 B of IPC, he said.
In a bid to take Pandey to Mumbai, the ATS will be required to produce him before a UP court and secure a transit remand.
As words spread that Pandey reportedly had close connections with the Bajrang Dal, the outfit promptly denied it. Bajrang Dal national convenor Prakash Sharma said Pandey had "no links" with his organisation.
Investigators are already looking into the possibility of Purohit and others arrested in the Malegaon blast being involved in certain cases like the 2004 Jalna blast and 2006 Nanded blast in Maharashtra, ATS sources said.
The Aurangabad ATS has taken custody of Rakesh Dhawade, one among the nine arrested so far in the Malegaon case, to probe his alleged involvement in the Jalna and Nanded blasts.
Police have also taken court permission for conducting brain mapping, polygraph and narco-analysis tests on Sudhakar Chaturvedi, a suspected activist of Abhinav Bharat, to ascertain whether he had any links with Purohit or any of the other accused.
(Zeenews)
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